Justice With A Human Face
When an old and seriously ill Stan Swamy,one more accused in the infamous Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case, knew death was near,he had pleaded that he be allowed to spend his…
Human Rights
Uphold Shoma Sen’s Bail Order: Release all Bhima Koregaon detainees!
PUDR expresses relief at the Supreme Court’s granting of bail to Prof. Shoma Sen on April 5, after nearly six long years of pre-trial incarceration. Charged under the Unlawful Activities…
Request to Lula in defence of Indian journalist Prabir Purkayastha
Letter sent to President Lula in the second week of March, signed by representatives of the eight Brazilian organisations that created the World Social Forum in January 2001. The worldwide…
Release Adivasi Leader Surju Tekam & End Fake Encounters and False Arrests
FACAM is appalled at the arrest of Sarva Adivasi Samaj Vice President Bastar Jan Sangharsh Samanvay Samiti Convenor, Surju Tekam on 2nd April 2024 under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention)…
Nothing ‘Right’ about India’s Human Rights Commission
The accreditation review of the National Human Rights Commission ofIndia (NHRCI), is scheduled to take place in the last week of March 2024 and in the last week of April 2024. This…
GANHRI must evaluate NHRCI’s rating carefully during the upcoming accreditation process
To, Chairperson Maryam Abdullah Al AttiyahGlobal Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) Geneva, Switzerland Re: Review of the Accreditation Status of the National Human Rights Commission of India Dear…
School Teacher Suspended in Tamil Nadu for Writing an Article
In the domain of education, only few individuals possess the unwavering dedication whose efforts shape the future of countless individuals. Uma Maheshwari is a teacher working at the Government Higher…
Indian Home Minister; Trial Court Judges; Two Supreme Court Judges; Sanctioning Authority Stand Convicted in Public’s Eyes! – Professor G. N. Saibaba’s Acquittal
by P.S. Sahni & Shobha Aggarwal Countercurrents.org had published our article – within 9 days of Saibaba’s arrest (euphemism for abduction) on 9 May 2014. The article titled: “Professor G.N.…
OP Jindal Global University Students to Continue Struggle Over Suspension And Ban on Student Organisations
Interview of Ramnit, RSL with Editorial Board, Inquilab, The Central Organ of AIRSO on the Issue in OP Jindal Global University Editorial Board: The series of events that took place…
Violation of Human Rights in India in 2023
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Indian government continued with state policies that discriminate and stigmatise religious and other minorities resulting in increasing incidents of communal violence in many parts of…
“Jail, not Bail”: Is the SC setting the clock back?
The non-application of constitutional principles to the interpretation of the UAPA bail provisions is a failure of constitutional justice The Supreme Court in its ruling on 7th February, 2024 in…
Police Case Filed Against Woman Editor Of Magazine In Kerala
by Mrudula Bhavani and P.Ambika A case has been filed against the woman editor of a magazine in Kerala in Kozhikode’s (Calicut) KASBA police station. This time it is against…
Violence in daily life is much more tragic than is commonly realized
Wars are commonly associated with the most fearsome violence. This is often true, but another reality that deserves more attention is that violence in daily life brings death, serious injury…
Julian Assange: Unmasking Truth Amidst Global Tensions and Legal Battles
by Dimitris Eleas and David Andersson In our complex world, understanding global events is crucial. We hunger for truth about Amazon rainforests, Tibet and China, Niger in Africa, Antarctica, Guyana,…
Human Rights Traditions in Islam: An Overview
Introduction The Islamic concept of human rights contains numerous moral exhortations. Helping orphans, widows, wayfarers and the poor has been greatly stressed by the holy Quran and Sunnah (Prophetic traditions)…
The Prolonged Nitrogen Gas Execution of Kenneth Smith Has Been Condemned As Torture
A death row prisoner used his final words to say “humanity had taken a step backwards” before he was killed in a prolonged suffocation condemned as torture. Kenneth Smith shook and writhed…
Women Members in National Human Rights Commission
Since its inception National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had 29 members and chairpersons out which only 4 are women. On December 28 2023 Smt Vijaybaharathi Sayani is appointed as a…
Woman murdered by her husband in UP, Greater Noida: A Suspected case of Dowry Death
Dowry deaths in India are becoming very prevalent in recent days. Dowry is technically illegal in India since the year 1961 after the dowry prohibition act of that year. It…
Protest Against Displacement of Adivasis in Kaimur and Hasdeo and the Killing of 6-month-old Infant in Bijapur
On 10th January 2024, Forum Against Corporatization and Militarization (FACAM) held a protest gathering at Delhi University Art Faculty against the cutting of trees and land grab of Adivasi peasant…
Targeted attacks on 3 renowned HRDs in the State of Manipur
Three Human Rights Defenders who are renowned in the state of Manipur and known for their activism have been targeted by the state, and this amounts to a violation of…
The Problem of Refugee Camps in the Middle East and North Africa
In 2024, 12 percent of “forcibly displaced and stateless people” are expected to be from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, said the United Nations. This displacement will…
Six Month Old Infant Killed in Bijapur in an Alleged Encounter
It has come to our attention through appeal made by Moolwasi Bachao Manch (Bastar) and Media reports that a 6 month old Infant was killed in an encounter by the…
Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People and hypocrisy galore
Last Saturday, I gave a keynote address and declared open a Tribal Art Exhibition at the Wawasan Open University in Penang,Malaysia,and drew the attention of the audience to the mostly…
13 Years of Ordeal: A Mother Fights for Justice in a False Encounter Case
by Shreshta B, Joel Rex & Mowmittha K During their internship in People's Watch, they read about Guruvammal’s encounter cases on the People’s Watch website and got documents of fact-finding…
Why do minority rights matter?
Thirty-one years ago on December 18, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities. The UN…
Indian civil society wants an Independent upgraded NHRC
Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) Report 2023 released a report after assessing the performance of NHRIs in addressing and mitigating challenges in 13 countries for the…
Condemn the DRG Attack on Protestors at Orcha Nadia Par, Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh!
Forum Against Corporatization and Militarization (FACAM) Condemns the DRG Attack on Protestors at Orcha Nadia Par, Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh! It has come to our attention that on 24 November 2023, police and District…
Release 8 Arrested Activists of Damkondawahi, Maharashtra
On 20th November 2023, at the Press Club of India, Delhi, FACAM held a Press Conference cum Public Discussin themed "Anti-Displacement Movement & State Repression” which was opened by its…
A Duty to Obey: David McBride, Whistleblowing and Following Orders
The unpardonable, outrageous trial of Australian whistleblower David McBride was a brief affair. On November 13, it did not take long for the brutal power of the Commonwealth to become…
The Politics of Indefinite Detention in Australia
The High Court of Australia is not known for its zealotry in protecting human rights, and certainly not when considering the persuasive pull of international law and conventions. The Australian…
Coming to Terms with a Lifetime of Trauma While in Prison
I am a Black man in prison, and I want to talk about trauma. I want us all to be able to talk about trauma. I’m here because when I…
Taking the Refugee Hysteria off Ice
There are many reasons why Australian foreign policy can be viewed from the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe. For one, it is largely dictated, in terms of security, by…
CASR Condemns Arrest of Brijesh Kushwaha And His Pregnant Wife Prabha Kushwaha
On October 18, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested activists Brijesh Kushwaha of the Mazdoor Kisan Ekta Manch and Prabha Kushwaha of the Savitri Bai Phule Sangharsh Samiti. Both…
PUCL : “Withdraw the prosecution against Arundhati Roy & Showkat Ali”
The PUCL condemns the decision of the Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena to grant Delhi Police sanction to prosecute writer Arundhati Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain, (former Professor of International…
Condemn the NIA’s raid in Andhra-Telangana to suppress democratic voices critical of war of corporate plunder
On 2nd October, 2023, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids across various locations belonging to various democratic and pro-people activists in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The organisations that have…
Condemn Raids on Activists and Journalists
Condemn the NIA raid on the Democratic Rights, Cultural activists, Advocates, Women Activists and others working towards uplifting the marginalised sections of society. Condemn the Police Raids on Journalists and…
PUCL Condemns NIA Raids on Human Rights Defenders and Rights Organisation in AP and Telangana
PUCL strongly condemns and deplores the raids by NIA officials on 02nd October, 2023 at 62 locations across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states and the arrest of one person in…
Stop State Repression Against Protesters Against Bauxite Mining in Odisha
“The rule of law does not do away with the unequal distribution of wealth and power, but reinforces that inequality with the authority of law. It allocates wealth and poverty…
An urgent inquiry be conducted into the attempted kidnapping of Prafulla Samantara
It has been 13 days since Shri Prafulla Samantara, a prominent environmentalist, writer and socialist thinker of the state, was kidnapped from a hotel in Rayagada town on August 29.…
Children in Police Watch Houses: A Nasty Queensland Experiment
They really are a brutal lot. While the Queensland Labor Government croons on matters regarding rights, liberties and, it should be said, the plight of the First Nations Peoples, its…
PUCL Condemns The Raid of the House of Seema Azad
*The PUCL demands the closure and halting of investigation of the NIA FIR, RC-01/2023/NIA/LKW, based on which raids in 8 locations of 5 districts of UP were undertaken today* *All…
Condemn the NIA raid on Democratic, Farmer student and anti-displacement activists in East Uttar Pradesh
Since the morning of 5th September 2023, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been raiding the offices of Bhagat Singh Students Morcha (BSM) in Benaras Hindu University. Simultaneously, NIA has…
Extend solidarity to the agitating Adivasis of South Odisha
A call to the people of India for solidarity with agitating Adivasis to halt repression by Police and Company Sponsored Goons in South Odisha *********** “Save Our Sacred Lands and Mountains!!…
Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan activist Nitin arrested in Burhanpur
In the continuing assault on Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan, on 28.08.23, Nitin, an activist of Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan has been arrested after being implicated in a false case. This…
UAPA cases on Niyamgiri adivasis and activists invites national outrage
Hundreds write open letter to Odisha CM: Call for revocation of arbitrary cases; Seek end to repression and corporate-loot 22nd Aug, 2023: Hundreds of well-known activists, citizens and people’s…
Condemn Slapping of UAPA on Activists of Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti
Campaign Against State Repression strongly Condemns Slapping of UAPA on Activists of Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti to suppress People’s movement against corporate loot On 6th August 2023, the Odisha police lodged…
The killing of Arjun and a father’s bid for justice
In a stirring speech to his fellow lawyers on the occasion of Independence Day, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, underscored the importance of eliminating the barriers to accessing justice…
Withdraw UAPA cases against leaders, activists and supporters of the movement led by Niyamgiri Surakhya Samiti
SUB: Withdrawal of UAPA cases against leaders, activists and supporters of the movement led by Niyamgiri Surakhya Samiti and unconditional release of Krushna Sikaka. On 5th August, 2023 two youth…
PUDR welcomes the release of Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira on bail, but protests onerous bail conditions
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) welcomes the Supreme Court order granting bail on merits and release of Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, two of the accused in the infamous…
Time to observe August 7 as “GN Saibaba Day”
Let’s make the world’s so-called largest democracy accountable for incarcerating a disabled scholar. A wheelchair-bound former Delhi University Professor, who is struggling with multiple ailments, is serving a life sentence…
Release A.Vasu Unconditionally
The 94-year-old Ayinoor Vasu, a veteran communist, trade union leader and human rights activist has been arrested and sent to jail on July 29, 2023 in connection with a protest…
How prisoner-led organizing saved my life
Joining the Black Prisoners Caucus helped me find direction and the opportunity to serve my community while serving a life-without-parole sentence. To survive in prison, inmates usually accept a “convict…
After two years, Land Rights activist Comrade Batakrushna Swain is released from Jail!
Convenor of Upakuliya Jami o Jangal Surakhya Samiti (Coastal Land and Forest Protection Committee) and leading activist of Sipasarubali Land Rights Movement, Comrade Batakrushna Swain, was released after two years…
Ahead of Independence Day, India Should Release Several Wrongly Arrested Activists
India has a very rich tradition of opposing wrongly arrested persons, going back to the days of the freedom movement, when hundreds of thousands of freedom fighters including such legendary…
Stop Criminalising Human Rights Work in Manipur: PUCL
PUCL Demands from the Manipur Government: Stop Criminalising Human Rights Work! Respect the fundamental rights of citizens to conduct Fact Finding Enquiries and publish their reports for public discussion. Immediately…
Hiramani Munda (Asha Di) has been convicted with life imprisonment with fabricated charges
Hiramani Munda (Asha Di) has been convicted with life imprisonment in the 'NIA and ATS Special Court, Lucknow' on 9th June 2023 under different sections of UAPA and section 120B,…
Nauru’s Refugee Stain: Australia’s Continued Offshore Processing Regime
The last refugee, for now, has left the small, guano-producing state of Nauru. For a decade, the Pacific Island state served as one of Australia’s offshore prisons for refugees and…
Canada Decodes Law and Justice to Torture Prisoners in Solitary Confinement: The Case of Mohammad Momin Khawaja
Imagine that you are incarcerated for 20 years of which you had spent 1400 days in a solitary cell having no contacts with anyone except your prison guard. Imagine that…
Fabricated charges on Brazil Peasant Leader Luzivaldo de Souza Araújo and brother Roelio
Democrats worldwide should in no uncertain terms defend the freedom of Brazilian peasant Luzivaldo de Souza Araújo, 42 years old, and his brother Robélio, 30 years old.They are languishing behind…
Human Rights’ Precise Violation in Sub-judice Matters: Some Reflections
by Dr Mohit Kumar Gupta & Ashish Kumar Singh Human Rights are the ‘legal soul’ of an individual. If perhaps they could be made ‘soul’ only. The violation of these…
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